The Adventures of Captain Comic
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You are Captain Comic, galactic hero. Your mission is to recover three treasures from the planet Omsoc, which have been stolen away and hidden on the remote planet of Tambi.
Captain Comic is a platformer featuring a huge nonlinear playfield divided into several different terrains. As Comic, you must search throughout Tambi for power ups and items that will aid you in your quest to recover the three treasures. The Captain's main weapon is 'Blastola Cola', a can of drink that allows him to hurl fireballs at his foes. For each can that he finds, an additional fireball can be thrown.
There are many different paths that are available from the start, but without the right item or weapon, it can be impossible to progress through certain paths, or even to commit suicide. It's up to the player to decide the correct route to take, and which places to return to at a later time.
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Average score: 57% (based on 5 ratings)
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Average score: 2.6 out of 5 (based on 47 ratings with 8 reviews)
For once, I agree with Tomer Gabel!
The Good
I really liked the fact that it was on loan from the local library, so that I couldn't throw it out the window. I mean, it was a perfectly good floppy disk (a floppy floppy, BTW) otherwise. The basic concept is also nice...
The Bad
...too bad the game is crap. I quite frankly had no fun at all playing it. The gameplay is reminiscent of the most irritating CBM 64 platformers, and the graphics are amateurish at best.
The Bottom Line
It really was the first EGA platformer I ever played, but I feel about as nostalgic about it as one would feel about one's first enema. Or something. I assume. Haven't had one myself. Not ever. No sirree...
DOS · by Late (77) · 2001
Horrible game? I don't think so
The Good
First of all, back in 1988 there weren't tens of platformers available for PC. Again in that year the PC market was still very immature, and there were a lot of CGA-only games. So, if you wanted to play a platform game featuring decent EGA graphics, Captain Comic was almost your only choice. It features plenty of levels all take place in different settings. And you don't even have to play the levels in order.
The Bad
Yes, the controls are sometimes clumsy. But once you are get used to it, everything goes smoothly (well almost).
The Bottom Line
An old platformer that is fun to play. But it's of course no match to Apogee and Epic's action games. It may still appeal to younger kids though.
DOS · by IJan (1971) · 1999
The Good
Nothing!
The Bad
The controls are bad, the engine is horribly slow (even for an XT - jeez!), the sound effects are blah, everything here screams "don't play me!"
The Bottom Line
This is one game you should truly ignore.
DOS · by Tomer Gabel (4538) · 1999
Trivia
Cancelled port
Ron Risley's PAL port from the NTSC NES version was complete, but never marketed.
Development
After Scott Miller saw Captain Comic, he tried hard to recruit the author, Michael Denio, but Michael didn't have faith that shareware games could make money, and so he stayed at his normal job.
Music
For the NES port, the programmers chose classical music from the public domain so that they would not have to pay royalties to other music companies.
Names
The planet "Omsoc" where the treasures are stolen from is really "Cosmo" spelled backwards. Michael Denio used this trick for naming several things in the series.
Theme song
The theme song for Captain Comic was traditionally a rendition of the United States' Marine Corps Theme.
Information also contributed by Andrew Shepard and Sciere
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Game added by IJan.
NES added by lugnut.
Additional contributors: Frenkel, Shoddyan, Patrick Bregger.
Game added November 30, 1999. Last modified April 2, 2024.